larry this is "world news." tonight, the moment of freedom in cleveland, captured on tape. this evening, the escape a decade in the making, amanda berry had just made that 911 call. >> i'm here. i'm free now. >> stunned police arriving to get the other two women out. also tonight, you'll hear from those two brothers arrested and then released. what did they know? that wall of ice, tonight the conditions worsen. 90 degree temperatures coming after that slow motion disaster. cameras rolling, a family watching in horror. >> oh, my god. >> tonight, ginger zee on the system and the rapid thaw sweeping the country. slipping away. the entire neighborhood sinking tonight. eight families already abandoning their homes. so many others fearing theirs are next. what's happening underground. and in their own words, our

mother's day tradition here. the children and the one word they used to describe their mom. what did they tell us this year? do you know what today is, noah? >> mother's day. good evening, it's great to have you with us on a sunday night. and we begin here on this mother's day in cleveland, where those three young women are marking this holiday free for the first time in a decade. and tonight here, two major headlines in this case. first, dramatic new video unearthed from the moment police arrived after getting that 911 call that day. racing to the front door, then more rushing in. across the street standing right there, amanda berry holding her 6-year-old daughter just minutes after she made that brave call. and tonight, we're hearing from ariel castro's two brothers who were arrested and freed. so many asking, what did they know? abc's alex perez in cleveland again tonight.irst glimpse

at those tense moments when cleveland police pried open the front door of ariel castro's home, freeing gina dejesus and michelle knight. the rescue caught on cell phone video these these two women noticed the commotion and pulled over. >> police, detectives, ambulance came out of nowhere. >> reporter: it all unfolds just moments after amanda berry and her 6-year-old daughter escaped and ran across the street. >> when i turned my camera, you can see a little bit of amanda, i think. there she goes. >> reporter: that's her. holding the baby, right? today, we learned the women are spending their first mother's day in ten years with their loved ones and filled with gratitude. >> for the generous assistance and loving support of their family, friends and the community. >> reporter: through their attorney, we are also hearing from the women themselves. in a statement, dejesus says, i just want time now to be with my family.

knight writes, i am healthy, happy and safe. berry saying, i am so happy to be home with my family. her grandfather making the drive from tennessee to see her. before she disappeared, he had promised her this dale earnhardt edition chevy monte carlo. >> first thing she asked, have you still got my car? that lit up her world. i told her it's still sitting there. >> reporter: tonight, we're hearing from ariel castro's brothers, who were initially arrested with him but later released. in an interview with cnn, onil and pedro castro say they had no idea what was happening in their brother's home. >> i couldn't never think of doing anything like that. if i knew, i would have reported it. brother or no brother. >> reporter: and in that interview, the castro brothers say they worry people will always think they played some sort of role in all of this. david? >> alex perez continuing his reporting from cleveland. alex, thank you. and to a developing story out of new orleans tonight, where gunfire broke out during a mother's day parade.

at least 17 people were injured including a 10-year-old girl. several shots were fired as dozens were marching in that parade. police are searching tonight for three gunmen who fled the scene. everyone is expected to survive. and in california tonight, heartbreak yet again for one set of parents. their 8-year-old daughter murdered two weeks ago, then a two-week search for the suspect. tonight, authorities say the killer was right there in the home, their 12-year-old son now charged. here's abc's john schriffen. >> reporter: investigators in northern california now believe they've solved the mysterious murder of 8-year-old leila fowler. last night, arresting her 12-year-old brother, charging him with homicide. >> the citizens of the county can sleep better tonight. >> reporter: a little more than two weeks ago, this quiet community outside sacramento was rocked when little leila's brother told police he had found

her body stabbed to death after a man broke into their home. >> you wouldn't expect something like this to happen to them. >> reporter: the boy telling police he had to hide inside from the intruder. residents were told to stay inside as police launched a manhunt. and the community rallied around the family, leila's stepmother clearly emotional at this vigil. >> i just want to thank the entire community and all of our family and friends for the overwhelming amount of support that you've given my family. it will never be forgotten. thank you. >> reporter: while weeks of searching turned up nothing, police analyzed multiple knives found inside the home. investigators are not saying what led them to suspect the brother, but tonight, those charges have stunned this tight-knit community and left a family broken. john schriffen, abc news, new york. >> john, thank you. meantime, the grim standoff we told you about last night here has come to an end in one new jersey community tonight. s.w.a.t. teams setting off a flash bomb to bring it to an end. they then stormed into that house to rescue the three children held hostage for more than two days. their captor was shot and later

died while those three children are okay. inside the home, police did recover the bolds of their mother and one of their sibings. we turn now to the extreme weather we reported on here last night. a major thaw sweeping across the country tonight. as we showed you, that's not the only thing on the move. that giant block of ice crashing into a home. well, tonight, we learned it's happening elsewhere, too. here's abc meteorologist ginger zee tonight. >> reporter: tonight, unbelievable images after a tsunami-like wave of ice engulfed a lakeside community in manitoba, canada. >> bang. the ice came right through the living room here. he said, grab your purse, grab whatever you can. get the keys. we got to get out of here. >> reporter: the terrifying wave smashed into and toppled two-story homes. more than a dozen destroyed. >> i saw the ice just coming, just moving so quickly. >> reporter: it's called an ice heave or sometimes an ice shove,

and it happened in minnesota this weekend, too. >> nicky, it just busted through a door over here. all the way through, the door's caving. >> reporter: darla johnson got it all on camera. >> oh, my god, do you hear that? nicky, it's still moving into that house. >> reporter: johnson hit record as her family watched the wave of ice creep toward their home on the lake in minnesota. >> pushing forward. this is crazy. look at this. >> reporter: look at it from above. you can see the imposing waive-like structure, at some points, three feet deep, pushed right into their back door. the how is simple. it all happened because the ice on the lake was melting. a strong northwest wind had taken that ice and shoved it onto land. and this isn't the first time this has happened. look at this photo. ice piled high on that same lake back in 1996. >> wow, so they dealt with this before. and these warm temperatures on the way this week only going to make the spring thaw worse. >> reporter: the heat and, of course, the wind all coming

back. that's what got us in trouble in the first place. let's look at the numbers, pretty incredible here. they could see record-breaking heat. not only in north platte but in minnesota, too. look at minneapolis. to 91 degrees. kansas city getting to 92 by tuesday, david. >> wow, it's going to be hot. i know you're on the way to the town with that ice. we'll see you in the morning on "gma." in the meantime, we turn tonight to a firestorm in washington. this week, the irs is expected to reveal the results of an internal investigation that shows the agency targeted the tea party and conservative groups. what were they looking for and was this politically motivated? abc's reena ninan at the white house tonight. >> reporter: the irs may be in need of an audit, say critics, after revelations it specifically went after conservative tea party groups. >> i don't care if you're a conservative, a liberal, a democrat or a republican. this should send a chill up your spine. >> reporter: new allegations from the irs inspector general's report due out this week reportedly claim that senior irs

officials knew about the targeting as early as 2011. so, why did the agency's commissioner, appointed by george w. bush, say this to congress last year? >> there's absolutely no targeting. >> reporter: the irs is apologizing, saying none of the groups scrutinized had its tax exempt status revoked, but acknowledged some withdrew their applications. the agency also blaming three lower level employees, insisting no high level officials knew about the targeting. >> how stupid do they think we are? >> reporter: some groups were even asked for a list of donors. >> it's very disappointing that the president hasn't personally condemned this. >> reporter: the white house insists this was not a political witch hunt but also admits this isn't over. >> the president would expect that it be thoroughly investigated. >> reporter: tea party members say it's not good enough. >> they're abusing the power in the irs. it's completely unacceptable. >> reporter: house majority leader eric cantor says he plans on launching an investigation,

david. >> so, reena, the irs under fire. while we have you, the drum beat on benghazi, i know, continues after our jon karl's exclusive reporting, those changes to the talking points at the high le l levels at the state department. here's what john mccain said on abc's "this week." i wanted to get your reaction. >> i'd call it a cover-up. i would call it a cover-up in the extent that there was willful removal of information which was obvious. it was obvious. >> reena, this is clear, it's not going away. >> reporter: it's certainly not going away. senator mccain went on to say he wants to see a committee formed to further investigate benghazi and said he believes hillary clinton played a role. democrats on the other side, david, say that this is all a political football that republicans are trying to score points. hillary clinton already testified and they said that she even took responsibility. >> all right, rena nigh man at the white house tonight, reena, thank you. in the meantime, to another form of diplomacy. former basketball player dennis rodman back in the news tonight. the flamboyant nba star telling

tmz he is going back to north korea in august, to try to free a coman held captive there, criticizing president obama for failing to do so. rodman and kim jong-un became friendly when he visited back in february. and britain's prince harry tonight on his american tour, in colorado springs now. he met with each of the competitors in the hand cycling race at the warrior games, an international competition for wounded warriors. athletes from every branch of the armed forces and special operations competed alongside their british counterparts. harry now presenting medals to the winners. and now to a hero mom tonight on this mother's day. a moment on the little league field that carried an important medical lesson for us all. an 8-year-old player hit by a ball, his heart suddenly stopping. but what that mom from the other team did next saved his life. here tonight, abc's gio benitez. >> reporter: a miracle happened on this little league field. it was just another saturday afternoon for mom maureen renehan, watching her son play ball in new jersey, when

suddenly, a ball hit another little boy, ian mcagree i havgc slid into third base. >> he stood up and his whole body just collapsed to the ground. >> reporter: the 8-year-old stopped breathing. it was cardiac arrest. >> beautiful child on the ground. i just ran and tried to save him. >> reporter: maureen remembered her cpr training from 20 years ago. >> i did more compressions, by the fourth time, i think, by the time i did the compressions, the mouth to mouth, the puff of air, he coughed. and then he starred spitting up and i turned him over and then he was back. he was breathing, and i felt his heart beat. which was, like -- it was the greatest moment of my life. to feel that little boy, he was back alive. >> reporter: cardiac arrest on field is rare, but it's happened before. just last month in san diego, a 16-year-old died when a softball hit his chest. >> when it comes to the heart over the heart area, it can transmit an energy and that can create an electrical signal that can disturb the heart's own electrical signal and start a cascade of events that lead to

the heart stoppage. >> reporter: today, maureen urges everyone to take a simple cpr course, because it saved a little boy's life. >> i would say like this morning, like waking up and knowing that he's going to be fine and just that his mother will have him on mother's day, that's all that matters to me. >> reporter: such a special woman. tonight, little ian is still in the hospital with doctors watching over him but they tell us he is doing well. his mother is so grateful to maureen, david. >> grateful to the mom from the other team. >> reporter: that's right. >> gio, thank you. still ahead on "world news" this sunday night, the entire neighborhood in this american town sinking. eight families already rushed from their homes. several others now frantic. their homes could be next. what is happening underground? and then later here tonight, captured on tape, two waiters in for quite the surprise. this was definitely not on the menu. their homes could be next. happening underground?

and then later here tonight, captured on tape, two waiters in for quite the surprise. this was definitely not on the

there is a growing mystery in northern california tonight where families in one community are watching helplessly as their homes sink into the earth. walls cracking and entire homes condemned. what's happening underneath? here's abc's akiko fujita tonight. >> reporter: the slow motion disaster is threatening all 30 homes in this northern california neighborhood, small cracks just weeks ago now gaping

holes, the hillside collapsing. jack watched the ground pull his neighbor's home ten feet below the street. and he's seen the cracks eat away at his house. >> you can see no more bedrooms. no floor at all. >> officials have suspended mail delivery to keep carriers out of danger and redirects sewage because manholes collapsed. at least half a dozen damaged homes have been tagged for removal, but the hillside is so unstable, crews can't get in. >> my home could be their home in a matter of days, weeks, we don't know the. >> lake county officials say water has been bubbling to the surface for weeks, saturating the ground. they're scrambling to plug leaks within the underground water system but don't know what's causing them. we've seen this before. florida. >> the bedroom floor just collapsed and my brother-in-law is in there and he's underneath the house.

>> reporter: a deadly sinkhole some 30 feet wide opened up under a bedroom taking jeff bush with him as he slept in his bed. on washington's island, this massive landslide wiped out an entire hillside. landslides change with each day, moving a few inches on some days, several feet on others unlike sinkholes which swallow homes in an instant. with the ground moving under his very feet, he has decided to pack up leaving his first house behind for his family's safety. abc news, los angeles. >> wow, some anxious days ahead for that community. when we come back here on the broadcast tonight, the powerball soaring. where it stands tonight and look at this story. stunned waiters about to hit the jackpot of a different kind as cameras roll and you won't believe who's behind this. can help relieve arthritis pain so your body can stay in motion. because just one 200mg celebrex a day can provide 24 hour relief

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>> love that moment. so what's behind the big tips? well, seth is making good on his brother aaron's wish before he died to make someone else's day by being generous to servers who he always felt were being underappreciated. we agree. if something catches your eye, tweet me at david muir on twitter. we did want to take a moment to mark a passing. a long time member of our own family we lost today. he helped us tell stories all over the world. >> trevor barker traveled the world for abc news for more than two decades. the soundman who so often gave those children peering through the window a voice. based in south africa, he traveled to some of the most dangerous places for us is, somalia, rwanda, iraq. peter jennings as apartheid fell in south africa and most recently covering the election of the new pope. this image of trevor there on the right. off on the horizon the island where nelson mandela spent most

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and finally tonight here on this mother's day, a child's love for their mom.

but putting it into words isn't always easy. >> reporter: it was back to central park on this mother's day and it didn't take long to find a super hero son. >> are you superman? no. >> 4 1/2-year-old rowan didn't forget his mom. he bought her a flower. >> this big. >> it was that big? what color was it. >> purple one. >> and there was this group, brothers talking about their mom. >> if you had to pick one word to describe your mom, what would it be? >> pretty. >> pretty? >> and his older brother? >> caring. >> caring. >> what's the best thing about your mother? >> i love her. >> and her brother 7-year-old liam who said on this mother's day, he's just trying to not to get in trouble. >> try to make her not mad. >> try to make her not mad today. how is that going today. >> so so.

>> so so? you got into a little trouble today? >> i think so. >> do you know what today is, noah. >> mother's day. >> and what did you do for mother's day? >> give presents. >> how many presents? >> tons. >> tons? and what was his favorite gift? >> a pen. >> a really fancy pen. >> uh-huh. >> and what did she say? >> this really works. >> this really works? >> his mother smiling off camera and there was a mom and her gift. >> it's a picture of me and my gift. >> it's a picture of me and my >> you did? if you had to tell the whole world one thing about your m >> she's the best mom. >> she's the best mom? >> she's the best mom. we lovedlyium saying he's just trying to stay out of trouble today. good morning amer st thing in the morning. back here tomor.

>> ama: next at 6:00, the community shaken by the news that a 12-year-old boy is accused of killing his eight-year-old sister. we're live tonight in valley springs. new details on america's cup, the plan for a meeting that could change the future of the event. a big win in overtime tonight for the warriors. high exploightsz our look ahead. abc7 news at 6:00 starts now. >> i can't even imagine what his mom is going through. or his stepmom. a terrible tragedy. >> ama: a community in shock after a 12-year-old boy is accused of killing his eight-year-old sister. i'm ama daetz. tonight the community of valley springs in calaveras county is in mourning and dealing with conflicting emotions.

tomas roman is there live with the latest. reporter: there's been a dark cloud over mother's day celebrations here in valley springs. leila fowler's mother learned she lost her only daughter and investigators now tell her it was her son who killed her. >> still having a hard time grasping. i can't accept it. >> priscilla rodriguez is having trouble processing what what happened to her children. she is mother to leila and her 12-year-old brother who is accused of killing his sister. the boy originally told investigators tall man ran out of the house before he discovered his sister's bauer. >> my -- always protective of his sister. i just don't know. >> leila fowler was found stabbed multiple times. a small memorial sits across the road. sandra huckabee says the communit